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- ↑ Caldwell, Gail (3 February 2015). New life, no instructions: a memoir (Random House trade paperback ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-8129-8187-2. OCLC 889996725.
- ↑ "Restarting Life Out From Under Polio's Shadow". Here and Now. April 30, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ↑ Abbott, Alysia (April 5, 2014). "'New Life, No Instructions' by Gail Caldwell". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
